Nigel Slater quotes

Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties? (Nigel Slater)

Good kitchens are not about size; they are about ergonomics and light.

Nigel Slater

Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape.

Nigel Slater

Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it.

Nigel Slater

It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality.

Nigel Slater

Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. I still cannot exaggerate how just putting a meal in front of somebody is really more of a buzz for me than anything. And I mean anything. Maybe that goes back to trying to please my dad, I don't know. It's like parenting in a way I suppose.

Nigel Slater

It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.

Nigel Slater

Eating, and that feel of food in the mouth, is all part of comfort and affection and warmth, and I think that a lot of the reason that I turned to food was because I was actually quite a lonely child.

Nigel Slater

I have never eaten a boiled egg, but I have had a soldier or two.

Nigel Slater

I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running. But then it is my idea of hell these days, living with someone. The idea of sharing your life with someone is just utterly ghastly. I know why people do it, but it's never a good idea.

Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater

Occupation: English Writer
Born: April 9, 1958
Quotes count: 10
Wikipedia: Nigel Slater

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